Week 7, Friday Amy Hood In him our hearts rejoice, for we trust in his holy name. May your unfailing love rest upon us, O Lord, even as we put our hope in you. Psalm 33:21-22 She was dressed in a beautiful turquoise sari with silver trim. The color was so striking against her brown…
Week 7, Thursday Amy Hood Your love, O Lord, reaches to the heavens, your faithfulness to the skies. . . . How priceless is your unfailing love! Psalm 36:5,7 “Up to the sky and down to the ground,” I said to him. In my mind—the mind of a little girl—that was the grandest thing I…
As I write this article, I am enjoying my annual girls weekend get away. I am reclining in peace and quiet in my room overlooking an expanse of beach. It is cloudy blue grey, but I can still see the horizon out in the distance. A group of surfers are bobbing on their surfboards a…
Week 7, Wednesday Amy Hood You have heard that it was said, “Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.” But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. Matthew 5:43-45 Wow. Love your enemies? Are You serious, God? How can…
Week 7, Tuesday Amy Hood “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. . . . Love your neighbor as yourself.” There is no commandment greater than these. Mark 12:30-31 Imagine the situation—the Creator of the universe being backed…
Week 7, Monday Amy Hood For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love he predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will. Ephesians 1:4-5 It was just a little over three…
Week 6, Weekend Elaine Meador So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed. John 8:36 Tamang girls from Nepal are often sold into prostitution by their destitute families. The young girls are taken to live in the brothels of Mumbai, Calcutta, and other large cities. There they live in slavery. One…
Week 6, Friday Elaine Meador Dear friends, when the fiery ordeal arises among you to test you, don’t be surprised by it, as if something unusual were happening to you. Instead, as you share in the sufferings of the Messiah rejoice, so that you may also rejoice with great joy at the revelation of…
Week 6, Thursday Elaine Meador Lord, You have searched me and known me. . . . For it was You who created my inward parts; You knit me together in my mother’s womb. . . .Your eyes saw me when I was formless; all [my] days were written in Your book and planned before…
Week 6, Wednesday Elaine Meador In my anguish I cried to the Lord, and he answered by setting me free. Psalm 118:5 Becky, a South American anthropology student, began attending the weekly Bible Storying sessions at the Baptist student center near her university. She was drawn to Christ but confessed to her missionary friend, “I…
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